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Preparations Well Under Way for DIMDEX 2014
2013-06-19 Read More...
DIMDEX 2014, the MENA Region’s leading international maritime defense exhibition and conference held under the patronage of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Qatar

Bahrain Urged to Sign UN Arms Trade Treaty
2013-06-19 Read More...
Bahrain has been urged to sign a landmark United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that aims to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of warlords and

NSC to Train Kuwaiti Armed Forces Commanders
2013-06-17 Read More...
NSC, a leading UK-based cutting-edge simulation and analysis-driven training specialist, has been awarded a three-year contract to help hone the skills of senior Commanders in Kuwait’s Armed

Libya Entrusts DCI for its Academic Training Courses
2013-06-17 Read More...
The Libyan Air Force and Defense Forces have entrusted DCI with the training of 20 Officer Trainees since March

LONGBOW LLC Wins Saudi Apache Radar Contract
2013-06-14 Read More...
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation, received a $90.6 million contract to provide Saudi Arabia with LONGBOW Fire Control Radars (FCRs) for the AH-64 Apache Attack

Iran Refuses to Substitute S-300 by Tor Systems
2013-06-14 Read More...
The Tor antiaircraft system that Russia has proposed to Iran instead of the S-300 cannot be integrated into the country’s defense system, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia said earlier this

Austria to Start Golan Pullout Today
2013-06-12 Read More...
Austrian troops in a UN monitoring force will begin pulling out from the Golan Heights on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said, just days after Vienna’s controversial decision to quit the

Iran Opens New Space Center
2013-06-12 Read More...
Iran has opened a new space center to monitor and observe space objects and satellites passing through the country’s

Egypt: “Any Obstacle to the Nile’s Flow is a National Threat”
2013-06-11 Read More...
Egypt's Foreign Minister, vowing not to give up “a single drop of water from the Nile”, said he would go to Addis Ababa to discuss a giant dam that Ethiopia has begun building in defiance of Cairo's

Jordan Starts “Eager Lion” Military Exercises
2013-06-10 Read More...
Jordan announced Saturday the start of “Eager Lion” military exercises with the participation of 8,000 soldiers from 19 Arab and Western countries, said Major General Awni el-Edwan, the Jordan Armed Forces' Operations

Kerry Quietly Approves $1.3bn Military Aid to Egypt
2013-06-10 Read More...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last month approved $1.3 billion in annual US military aid to Egypt, despite concerns over democratic progress by the country’s new government, a US official said

UN Rejects Russian Offer to Send Troops to Golan Height
2013-06-10 Read More...
Russia’s offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights was not accepted by the United Nations on

Austria to Withdraw its Troops from Golan Heights
2013-06-07 Read More...
Austria will withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights, the government said Thursday, after Syrian rebels briefly seized a crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire

Syrian Rebels Lose Strategic Town of Qusair
2013-06-06 Read More...
Syrian government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusair on Wednesday, dealing a major defeat to rebel fighters battling to overthrow President Bashar

U.S. to Send Patriot Missiles, F-16s to Jordan for Drill
2013-06-04 Read More...
The United States will send a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to Jordan for a drill and may keep them there to counter the threat posed by Syria’s civil war, U.S. officials said

Yaalon: “No Russian S-300s to Syria Before 2014”
2013-06-04 Read More...
Russia cannot deliver advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime before 2014, Israel’s Defense Minister asserted on

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